A. D. 17^7. Anno viceGmo Georgii IT. C. 3. 3 ' hath for fome Years paft greatly decreafed, and the fame is ftill likely to diminifli;' We your Majefty's ' An-mcrd Ly moll dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Commons of Gr^^f 5r//ff/K, in Parliament aflembled, think it will be ^°^;°^-<^--". for the Advantage of the Publick to repeal the prefent Rates and Duties upon Houfes, and in lieu tiiereof ^' i-o.-c. to grant unto your Majefty the feveral new Rates and Duties herein after mentioned, as well for fecuring a certain Fund for Payment of fuch Incumbrances as are now charged upon the faid Rates and Duties upon Houfes, as to enable your Majefty to raife a certain Sum of Money towards the Supply for the Service of the Year one thoufand fevcn hundred and forty-feven ; and therefore do moft humbly befeech your Majefty that it may be enacted, and be it ena£ted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament aflembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That from and after the tv/enty-fifth Day of March which fhall be in The Rates npoa the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and forty-feven, all the Rates and Duties, and additional Koufcstc. ccafs Rates and Duties upon Houfes, granted, continued, and made perpetual by the feveral Adts of Parliament f™^ ^5 M^f"- herein before recited, fhall ceafe, determine, and be no longer paid or payable; and that then and from * thenceforth all the Pov/ers and Authorities given or granted by the faid feveral AiSts, fo far as the fame re- late to the levying, fecuring, colleding, or recovering the faid Rates and Duties upon Houfes, and all Penalties and Forfeitures relating thereto, fhall alfo ceafe, determine, and not be put in Excution ; fave Ayrear;:, &c. re- only and except in all Cafes relating to the recovering any Arrears, which may at that Time remain unpaid, coverable. of the faid Rates and Duties upon Houfes, or to any Penalties or Forfeitures in refpe£l thereof which fliall have arifen or grown due and payable to his Majefty, or may have been incurred, upon or at any Time be- fore the faid twenty-fifth Day of March one thoufand feven hundred and forty-feven ; any thing herein be^ fore contained to the contrary notwithftanding. IL And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the faid twenty-fifth Day The Rates laiil oi March one thoufand feven hundred and forty-feven there fhall be charged, raifed, levied, and paid unto "pon Houfes by his Majefty, his Heirs and Succeflbrs, the feveral Rates and Duties upon Houfes, Windows or Lights, ' herein after mentioned ; that is to fay, For and upon every Dwelling-houfe inhabited, which now is, or hereafter fhall be erefted within that Part of Great Britain caWed England, the yearly Sum of two Shillings. And for every Window or Light in every Dwelling-houfe within and throughout the whole Kingdom of Great Britain, which fliall contain ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen or fourteen Windows or Lights, the yearly Sum of fix Pence for every Windov/ or Light in fuch Houfe. And for every Window or Light, in every Dwelling-houfe as aforefaid, which fhall contain fifteen, fix- ■ teen, feventeen, eighteen or nineteen Windows or Lights, the yearly Sum of nine Pence for each Window or Light in fuch Houfe. And for every Window or Light, in every fuch Dwelling-houfe as aforefaid, which fhall cntain twenty Windovv's or Lights, and upwards, the yearly Sum of one Shilling for each Window or Light in fuch Houfe as aforefaid, III. Provided neverthelefs, and it is the true Intent and Meaning of this Aft, that the faid feveral and to be paid over refpeflive yearly Sums before charged upon every Window or Light, contained in every Dwelling-houfe in '"=i =>bove the England as aforefaid, fhall be paid over and above the faid Duty of tv/o Shillings upon Floufes before men- R"ty of ss. upcn tioned ; which faid feveral Rates and Duties by this Acl granted as aforefaid, fball be appropriated to the feveral Ufes and Purpofes herein after mentioned ; fubjeiSt neverthelefs to the Provifo or Condition of Re- demption herein after contained in that Behilf. IV. And be it further enadfed by the Authority aforefaid, That the faid Ratfs and Duties by this Adl Rates to be paid granted as aforefaid, fhall be paid Qiuirterly, at the four moft ufual Feafts or Days of Payment in the Year; Qiianeriy. that is to fay, the Feafts of the Nativity of Saint [John the Baptift, Saint Michael h& Archangel, the Birth of our Lord. Chrift, and the Annunciation of the BlefTed Virgin Mary, by even and equal Portions; the titft Payment thereupon to be made at the P'eaft of the Nativity of Saint yohn the Baptift", which fia, 11 be in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and forty-feven. V. And be it further enafled by the Authority aforefaid. That the Rates and Duties by tiiis Aft granted Charged only up- as aforefaid, fhall be charged only upon the Inhabitants or Occupiers for the Time being of the reipeftive °" the Tenant. Dwelling-houfes, in which fuch Windows or Lights are contained, his, her or their Executors or Admi- niftrators refpeccively, and not on the Landlord who lett or demifed the fame, except in fuch Cafe as is in this Aft hereafter mentioned. VI. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That for the better Execution of this Act, Commiffioners and for the ordering, raifing, collefting, levying and paying oF the feveral Sums of Money hereby granted, of the Land Tax all and every the Perfons named or appointed to be Commiflloners for putting in Execution an Aft of ^"^^^^ j^^^^'j^" this prefent Sefiion of Parliament (intituled, /In Ail for granting an Aid to his Majefly by a Land'Ta::, ^o A6t. be raifed in Gve?t.tBvhmn, Jhr the Service of the Tear one thouf jid feven hundred and forty fevcn) or by any other Aft or Afts of Parliament thereby referred unto, or who fhall hereaftej- be named or appointed Com- miffioners for putting in Execution any future Aff or Acts of Parliament for gr;'.nting an Aid to his Ma- jefty, his Fleirs or SucccfFors, hy a Land Tax in Great Britain, fliali be CommifTiiners for putting in Ex- ecution this prefent Aft, and the Pov/ers therein contained, in all and every the refpedirive Counties, Shires; Stewartries, Ri.:ir.gs, Cities, Boroughs, Cinque-Ports, Towns and Places lefpeflivcly, within Great Britain as aforefaid ; v,;hich faid Commiffioncrs, in order ;o the fpeedy Execution of this Afc, fliall, in their refpeftive Counties, Shiies, Stewartries, PJdings, Cities, Boroughs, Cinque-ports, I'owns and Places, for which they are appointed Commijiioners refpe<'tivcly, meet together at the moft ufual or common Place of Time nndPlaca Meeting, within fuch of the faid Counties, Shires, Stewartries. Cities, Boroughs, Cinque-ports, Tov/ns °*"'^°'"-^°'»- and Places lefptclively, on or before the eighteenth Day of April oic thoufand fevcn hundr<;d and forty- '^^ '"^'"""E" B 2 feven
